CKRM Agriculture

The Cattle Market Update from Canfax shows available prices for feeder heifers in Saskatchewan were mostly up while two feeder steer weight categories had enough data to record a price, but not enough to compare week-over-week changes. In the update for the week ending September 20, the price for 400-500 pound feeder steers was $446.50 […]

Durum                        301.96  Feed barley                 211.57       Canola                         554.02 (up 5.00) Chickpeas                    837.75  Flax        […]

Trade export data from Statistics Canada show Saskatchewan exports to the United Kingdom, France, and the Netherlands increased overall in 2023. Uranium was the main driver of those exports – 87.3 per cent of Saskatchewan uranium went to the Netherlands, 70.8 per cent to the U.K., and 47.3 per cent to France. The province says […]

Durum                        301.96  Feed barley                 211.57       Canola                         549.02 (up 11.03) Chickpeas                    837.75  Flax        […]

The union representing workers at terminals in Metro Vancouver issued 72-hour strike notice on Saturday and will be in a position to strike at 7 a.m. local time Tuesday. In a notice to members posted onto its Facebook Page, the Grain Workers Union Local 333 claimed its bargaining committee made the decision to strike after […]

Durum                        301.96  Feed barley                 211.57       Canola                         537.72 (down 9.60) Chickpeas                    837.75  Flax        […]

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 83% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 6, an improvement from the 71% order fulfillment performance seen in week 5.  This represents the third consecutive week of improvement seen on a system basis and is the best week of performance we have seen thus far this grain […]

Durum                        301.96  Feed barley                 211.57       Canola                         547.32 (up 8.00) Chickpeas                    837.75  Flax        […]

WYOMING, Iowa (AP) — Taking a late-summer country drive in the Midwest means venturing into the corn zone, snaking between 12-foot-tall green, leafy walls that seem to block out nearly everything other than the sun and an occasional water tower. The skyscraper-like corn is a part of rural America as much as cavernous red barns and placid cows. […]

Harvest in Saskatchewan is 74 per cent complete, but the recent rain will keep combines off the field for a little while. It was the primary topic of the SaskAgToday.com Roundtable for this week. Chief Agricultural Editor of SaskAgToday.com Kevin Hursh, 620 CKRM AgriNews Director Ryan Young, and GX94 Agriculture Director Doug Falconer share their […]